Improvement in thill-couplings



J. O. FLOWER. Thin-Coupling.

No. 222,393. Patented Dec. 9, 1879.

@we w .UNITED STATES .Pf/.t'A-LTilli T 'OFFICE- A JAMES o'. FLOWER, OFPITTSB'UEG, PENNSYLVANIA.

iM PROVEM ENT IN T H LVL-COUPLINGS.

Specication forming part -of Letters Patent No. 222,393, dated December9, 1879.; application filed" I `ifTo all/whom it may concern 1 Be itknown that I, JAMES O. FLOWER, of

"flittsburg, in the "'count-y of `Allegheny and "St-ate of-Pennsylvania,liavetinvented a neW i and useful Improvement in Anti-Rattlers, of Ahwhich the following is a specilication.

The invention relates to an anti-rattlcr for buggy and other shafts.

Heretofore gum cushions have been used,

` i which are objectionable on account of having i torcmove the shaftsin-ordcr' to insert them `and occupying too muchtirne in adaptingthem.

The object ot' my inventionis to provide an anti-rattler which can beeasily and` quickly i :applied Vl'illhollt` taking off` `shaftfszorunseremy ing any bolts. i i A The invention consists in thecoinbiningfof A A iron, gum, and'leathemand its particularcon--struction and arrangement, as-Aspeciied. y 11 In the accompanyingdrawi'gs,in lwhich `similar' letters `of reference indicate like parts,Figure l` is a central section ot` aA-vdevice einlhofiiying myinvention. Fig2 is the perspecfA tive of gum cushion with leatherandiron T `attached bythe rivet C. "Fig..3 isthe per-v spective of WoodenWedge, .which is .driven inoctober 1,1819. y

cushioninserted, with wooden Wedge in the `space between the buggy-clipE and the" end of the shaft-thill F.

The operation of the device is as fifbllows:`

Theiron `T B, with gum and leather attached, is drolilfiedintjo thespace D, between the shaftthill'F and the axle-clip E, with thelleathersidenext tothe shaft-chill F. The Wooden WedgeA is then driven in behindthe iron T B, after which the lfop of the iron T is bent `over thewoodenWedge A, which seeuresit in its position, as shown in Fig. 4. A

` What I claim is- 1. In an 'anti-shaft-rattler, the combination 'oftheleather and rubber cushion D, riveted `to the T'-iron B, With the-ron B and"ivedge` A, linserted with thick end upward,`and heldin placeby the head of B turning' back loverit, Substantiallyas set forth.

2. The anti-shaft-ratller consisting y leather and rubber cushionand'T-iron, riveted together, and Wedge A, inserted betweenthev iiT-ironand the axle, and held in vplaceiby thel head of theT-iron beingbent over, substan-g tiallyas set forth.

y J. o. FLOWER. f f'Vitnesses:` y A' A B. H. LAND, C. T. FELTWELL.

